Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-06-02
persons and PARTICULARS.

Judge Garter.
Eden Pollock is spending few days
in town.
Miss Lille Greene is visiting hel
brother FL. p Greene.
Next week a free Patent Medicine
show will be in town.
Don't forget the Fourth of July meet
ing tomorrow night at the Court House
The ladies of the w. c. T. U. furnish
ed ice water by the barrel, Memorial
Day.
Miss Helen Strong leaves tomorrow
for Racine where she will spend the
summer.
Miss May Watts is here from Platte
vile visiting her aunt Mrs. Fletcher
Kidd.
/ l.. n. Rogers, of Fennimore was in
town Monday and gave us another sub.
scription.
Mr.. Benz. Bloyer and his wife Of
Boscobel, visited G. w. Burrows du.
ring Decoration.
Mr. and Mrs. Blakely and children
of Omaha, are visiting MIR. and Mrs
G. d. Sreeter.
Any one interested in the shower bath
cabinet recently on exhibition here can
enquire at this office.
The wife and children of V. B.
Guthrie joined him here yesterday.
They will keep house over the shop.
The closing exercises of the Fenni-
more schools will be held in COVER
Hall Friday evening. June 8. All are
cordially invited to attend.
David Weaver has a bed of straw
berries as large and fine as can be
found, we know what they are for we
have sampled them.
Mrs. Charles Watkins leaves Lancas-
ter Saturday for visit with her par
ents at WATERFOWL, Wis. She will be
accompanied by her son.
Charles Craig, one of Lancaster
good printers, spent few days here
this week visiting his brother and aunt.
He is at work on the Madison Journal.
Quite delegation from Cassville were
here Monday, among whom were Jim
McGonigal, the Messrs Stevens, Otto
Geiger, w. A. Barnes and Mr.. Finney
Mrs. Dunstone and her daughter, Mrs.
Retallick Of Central City Colorado, ar
rived here yesterday to visit Mrs. VIM.
Webb. Mrs. Dunstone is Mrs. Webb's
aunt
To any advertiser, or any one who has
any business to ask or any interest in
knowingly we will cheerfully furnish proof
that the HERALD has the largest crcula-
ton of any paper in Southwestern Wis
consin
AOLdtOHS hIC III UlJSSOtu III SSf0rdl
gardens here. The warm weather of
early May followed by the fine rams
have made fruit and vegetables unus-
ually early.
A large covered wagon, decorated
with red, white and blue and drawn by
four sleek horses came in from the Asy-
lum Monday with load of patients to
witness the Memorial services.
l.. II, Boughton, lost valuable colt
last week that was being pastured at
Mr.. Bonham's north of town. Its death
was caused by injuries received by run
ming into barbed wire fence.
The first strawberries this year came
from the garden of Anton Schmitt.
They were more than two weeks earlier
this season than last, and nothing can
be more delicious than they are. No
becoming either. the bottom layer is
usually the finest in the box.
The town of Homer was we'll repre-
sented here Memorial Day. Among
those present were Mr.. and Mrs. G. B.
Hopkins. Mr. H. Ostrander and daugh-
ter. Mr. William Barton and sister, Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Brindley. They all
enjoyed the day although it was rat her
too cool and too damp for comfort.
DR.. I. E. Eddy, of Prairie du Chen,
who practices in this county, anvertises
his trip to Glen Haven. He has Just
been at Beetown a week. He has a
very fine chair, all the best instruments
and uses new vegetable and esthetic,
which is said to be safe and pleasant
substitute for chloroform, ether, etc.
Mr.. W. A. johnson, Clerk of Circuit
Court has been appointed General agent
for Grant County of the Manhattan
Life Insurance Co. of New York. Mr..
johnson has good company and since
there are a large number of citizens
throughout the county, who desire and
needLif Insurance, he will no doubt
be successful. Both the Manhattan
and Mr.. johnson are to be congratu-
lated. we wish both success.
Ira Sykes and his wife left here this
morning at s o'clock for Cassville where
they hope to meet q boat that will take
them to Prairie du Chen, from which
place they will 60 to their home in
Madison. Mr.. and Mrs. Sykes were
cordially welcome here and every one
was glad to see that fortune has favored
another Lancaster boy, both in business
and in matrimony.
Next Thursdays HERALD will contain
an interesting account of the monument
commission at Gettysburg written by
II. Buchner 1t came in too late for
this publication. Mr. Buchner will not
attempt to describe the battle that has